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The Heptameron, Complete Books I to V

by King of Navarre consort of Henry II Queen Marguerite

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Author
Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549
Title
The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Edition
Credits
Produced by David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
Tales -- France -- Translations into English
Category
Text
eBook-No.
28858
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28858
Release Date
May 17, 2009
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE TALES OF THE HEPTAMERON OF Margaret, Queen of Navarre — Newly Translated into English from the Authentic Text OF M. LE ROUX DE LINCY WITH AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A. Also the Original Seventy-three Full Page Engravings Designed by S. FREUDENBERG And One Hundred and Fifty Head and Tail Pieces By DUNKER IN FIVE VOLUMES
  2. 2.VOLUME THE FIRST — LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILISTS MDCCCXCIV — [Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris]
  3. 3.List of Illustrations
  4. 4.TALE CONTENTS
  5. 5.PREFACE.
  6. 6.Explanation of the Initials appended to the Notes .
  7. 7.MARGARET OF ANGOULÊME, QUEEN OF NAVARRE.
  8. 8.I.
  9. 9.II.
  10. 10.III.
  11. 11.IV.
  12. 12.ON THE HEPTAMERON,
  13. 13.DEDICATIONS AND PREFACE , — PREFIXED TO THE FIRST TWO EDITIONS OF THE TALES OF THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE.
  14. 14.Peter Boaistuau, surnamed Launay, To the Reader.(1)
  15. 15.To the most Illustrious and Virtuous Princess , Madame Jane de Foix,
  16. 16.THE HEPTAMERON. — [Prologue: The Story-tellers in the Meadow near The Gave.]
  17. 17.PROLOGUE. — [Du Mesnil learns his Mistress’s Infidelity from her Maid]
  18. 18.FIRST DAY.
  19. 19.TALE I . — [The Muleteer’s Servant attacking his Mistress]
  20. 20.TALE II. — [The King Joking upon the Stag’s Head being A fitting Decoration]
  21. 21.TALE III. — [The Princess’s Lady of Honour hurrying to her Mistress’s Assistance]
  22. 22.TALE IV . — [The Boatwoman of Coulon outwitting the Friars]
  23. 23.TALE V. — [The Wife’s Ruse to secure the Escape of her Lover]
  24. 24.TALE VI . — [The Merchant transferring his Caresses from the Daughter to the Mother]
  25. 25.TALE VII .
  26. 26.APPENDIX.
  27. 27.A. (Prologue, Page 31.)
  28. 28.B. (Tale I., Page 50.)
  29. 29.C. (Tale IV., Page 85.) — THE TALES OF THE HEPTAMERON OF Margaret, Queen of Navarre — Newly Translated into English from the Authentic Text OF M. LE ROUX DE LINCY WITH AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A. Also the Original Seventy-three Full Page Engravings Designed by S. FREUDENBERG And One Hundred and Fifty Head and Tail Pieces By DUNKER IN FIVE VOLUMES
  30. 30.VOLUME THE SECOND — LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILISTS MDCCCXCIV — [Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris]
  31. 31.Contents
  32. 32.List of Illustrations
  33. 33.DETAILED CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. — [Bornet’s Concern on discovering that his Wife is without her Ring]
  34. 34.TALE VIII . — [The Dying Gentleman receiving the Embraces of his Sweetheart]
  35. 35.TALE IX . — [The Countess asking an Explanation from Amadour]
  36. 36.TALE X .
  37. 37.SECOND DAY.
  38. 38.PROLOGUE.
  39. 39.TALE XI. (A). — [The Grey Friar telling his Tales]
  40. 40.TALE XI. (B). — [The Gentleman killing the Duke]
  41. 41.TALE XII . — [The Sea-captain talking to the Lady]
  42. 42.TALE XIII . — [Bonnivet and the Lady of Milan]
  43. 43.TALE XIV . — [The Lady taking Oath as to her Conduct]
  44. 44.TALE XV . — [The Gentleman discovering the Trick]
  45. 45.TALE XVI . — [The King showing his Sword]
  46. 46.TALE XVII . — [The Student escaping the Temptation]
  47. 47.TALE XVIII .
  48. 48.APPENDIX.
  49. 49.A. (Tale VIII., Page i.)
  50. 50.B (Tale XL (B.), Page 95.)
  51. 51.C. (Tale XII., Page 101.)
  52. 52.D. (Tale XVI., Page 183.)
  53. 53.E. (Tale XVII., Page 195.) — THE TALES OF THE HEPTAMERON OF Margaret, Queen of Navarre — Newly Translated into English from the Authentic Text OF M. LE ROUX DE LINCY WITH AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A. Also the Original Seventy-three Full Page Engravings Designed by S. FREUDENBERG And One Hundred and Fifty Head and Tail Pieces By DUNKER IN FIVE VOLUMES
  54. 54.VOLUME THE THIRD — LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILISTS MDCCCXCIV — [Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris]
  55. 55.Contents
  56. 56.List of Illustrations
  57. 57.DETAILED CONTENTS OF VOLUME III. — [The Parting between Pauline and The Gentlemen]
  58. 58.TALE XIX . — [The Lord de Riant finding the Widow with her Groom]
  59. 59.TALE XX .
  60. 60.THIRD DAY.
  61. 61.PROLOGUE. — [Rolandine Conversing With Her Husband]
  62. 62.TALE XXI . — [Sister Marie and the Prior]
  63. 63.TALE XXII . — [The Grey Friar deceiving the Gentleman Of Périgord]
  64. 64.TALE XXIII . — [Elisor showing the Queen her own Image]
  65. 65.TALE XXIV . — [The Advocate’s Wife attending on the Prince]
  66. 66.TALE XXV . — [The Lord of Avannes paying His Court in Disguise]
  67. 67.TALE XXVI . — [The Secretary imploring the Lady not To Tell Of His Wickedness]
  68. 68.TALE XXVII . — [The Secretary Opening the Pasty]
  69. 69.TALE XXVIII . — [The Husbandman surprised by the Fall of the Winnowing Fan]
  70. 70.TALE XXIX . — [The Young Gentleman embracing his Mother]
  71. 71.TALE XXX .
  72. 72.APPENDIX.
  73. 73.A. (Tale XX., Page 21.)
  74. 74.B. (Tale XXV., Page 131.)
  75. 75.C. (Tale XXVI., Page 143.)
  76. 76.D. (Tale XXX., Page 191). — THE TALES OF THE HEPTAMERON OF Margaret, Queen of Navarre — Newly Translated into English from the Authentic Text OF M. LE ROUX DE LINCY WITH AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A. Also the Original Seventy-three Full Page Engravings Designed by S. FREUDENBERG And One Hundred and Fifty Head and Tail Pieces By DUNKER IN FIVE VOLUMES
  77. 77.VOLUME THE FOURTH — LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILISTS MDCCCXCIV — [Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris]
  78. 78.Contents
  79. 79.List of Illustrations
  80. 80.DETAILED CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV.
  81. 81.FOURTH DAY.
  82. 82.PROLOGUE. — [The Wicked Friar Captured]
  83. 83.TALE XXXI . — [Bernage observing the German Lady’s Strange Penance]
  84. 84.TALE XXXII . — [The Execution of the Wicked Priest and his Sister]
  85. 85.TALE XXXIII . — [The Grey Friar imploring the Butcher to Spare his Life]
  86. 86.TALE XXXIV . — [The Lady embracing the Supposed Friar]
  87. 87.TALE XXXV . — [The Clerk entreating Forgiveness of the President]
  88. 88.TALE XXXVI . — [The Lady of Loué bringing her Husband the Basin of Water]
  89. 89.TALE XXXVII . — [The Lady of Tours questioning her Husband’s Mistress]
  90. 90.TALE XXXVIII . — [The Lord of Grignaulx catching the Pretended Ghost]
  91. 91.TALE XXXIX . — [The Count of Jossebelin murdering his Sister’s Husband]
  92. 92.TALE XL .
  93. 93.FIFTH DAY.
  94. 94.PROLOGUE. — [The Beating of the Wicked Grey Friar]
  95. 95.TALE XLI . — [The Girl refusing the Gift of the Young Prince]
  96. 96.TALE XLII . — [Jambicque repudiating her Lover]
  97. 97.TALE XLIII .
  98. 98.TALE XLIV.(A) . — [The Lovers returning from their Meeting in the Garden]
  99. 99.TALE XLIV. (B) . — [The Man of Tours and his Serving-maid in the Snow]
  100. 100.TALE XLV .
  101. 101.TALE XLVI. (A) . — [The Young Man beating his Wife]
  102. 102.TALE XLVI.(B) . — [The Gentleman reproaching his Friend for his Jealousy]
  103. 103.TALE XLVII . — [The Grey Friars Caught and Punished]
  104. 104.TALE XLVIII . — [The Countess facing her Lovers]
  105. 105.TALE XLIX . — [The Lady killing herself on the Death of her Lover]
  106. 106.TALE L .
  107. 107.APPENDIX.
  108. 108.A. (Tale XXXVI., Page 63.) — THE TALES OF THE HEPTAMERON OF Margaret, Queen of Navarre — Newly Translated into English from the Authentic Text OF M. LE ROUX DE LINCY WITH AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A. Also the Original Seventy-three Full Page Engravings Designed by S. FREUDENBERG And One Hundred and Fifty Head and Tail Pieces By DUNKER IN FIVE VOLUMES
  109. 109.VOLUME THE FIFTH — LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILISTS MDCCCXCIV — [Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris]
  110. 110.Contents
  111. 111.List of Illustrations
  112. 112.DETAILED CONTENTS OF VOLUME V.
  113. 113.SIXTH DAY.
  114. 114.PROLOGUE. — [The Duke of Urbino sending the Maiden to Prison for carrying Messages between his Son and his Sweetheart]
  115. 115.TALE LI . — [The Gentleman and his Friend annoyed by The Smell of that which they Thought was Sugar]
  116. 116.TALE LII . — [The Lord des Cheriots flying from the Prince’s Servant]
  117. 117.TALE LIII . — [The Lady watching the Shadow Faces Kissing]
  118. 118.TALE LIV . — [The Servant selling the Horse with the Cat]
  119. 119.TALE LV . — [The Grey Friar introducing his Comrade to the Lady and her Daughter]
  120. 120.TALE LVI . — [The English Lord seizing the Lady’s Glove]
  121. 121.TALE LVII . — [The Gentleman Mocked by the Ladies When Returning From The False Tryst]
  122. 122.TALE LVIII. — [The Lady discovering her Husband with the Waiting-woman]
  123. 123.TALE LIX . — [The Chanter of Blois delivering his Mistress from the Grave]
  124. 124.TALE LX .
  125. 125.SEVENTH DAY.
  126. 126.PROLOGUE. — [The Lady returning to her Lover, the Canon of Autun]
  127. 127.TALE LXI . — [The Gentleman’s Spur catching in the Sheet]
  128. 128.TALE LXII . — [The King asking the Young Lord to join his Banquet]
  129. 129.TALE LXIII . — [The Lady Swooning in the Arms of the Gentleman of Valencia who had become a Monk]
  130. 130.TALE LXIV . — [The Old Woman startled by the Waking of the Soldier]
  131. 131.TALE LXV . — [The Old Serving-woman explaining her Mistake to the Duke and Duchess of Vendôme]
  132. 132.TALE LXVI . — [The Wife Reading to her Husband on the Desert Island]
  133. 133.TALE LXVII . — [The Apothecary’s Wife giving the Dose of Cantharides to her Husband]
  134. 134.TALE LXVIII . — [The Wife discovering her Husband in the Hood of their Serving-maid]
  135. 135.TALE LXIX . — [The Gentleman Killing Himself on the Death of his Mistress]
  136. 136.TALE LXX .
  137. 137.EIGHTH DAY.
  138. 138.PROLOGUE. — [The Saddler’s Wife Cured by the sight of her Husband Caressing the Serving-maid]
  139. 139.TALE LXXI . — [The Monk Conversing with the Nun while Shrouding a Dead Body]
  140. 140.TALE LXXII .
  141. 141.APPENDIX.
  142. 142.THE SUPPOSED NARRATORS OF THE HEPTAMERON TALES.
  143. 143.BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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